Definition of pest

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Pest (n.) A fatal epidemic disease; a pestilence; specif., the plague..

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Blow :: Blow (v. t.) To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore..
Lazaretto :: Lazaretto (n.) A public building, hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons, particularly those affected with contagious diseases..
Pestalozzian :: Pestalozzian (a.) Belonging to, or characteristic of, a system of elementary education which combined manual training with other instruction, advocated and practiced by Jean Henri Pestalozzi (1746-1827), a Swiss teacher..
Contagious :: Contagious (a.) Conveying or generating disease; pestilential; poisonous; as, contagious air..
Subbeadle :: Sub-bass (n.) The deepest pedal stop, or the lowest tones of an organ; the fundamental or ground bass..
Pestered :: Pestered (imp. & p. p.) of Peste.
Tempest :: Tempest (n.) Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions..
Tempest :: Tempest (v. t.) To disturb as by a tempest.
Pester :: Pester (v. t.) To crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to infest.
Mongoos :: Mongoos (n.) A species of ichneumon (Herpestes griseus), native of India. Applied also to other allied species, as the African banded mongoose (Crossarchus fasciatus)..
Pipestone :: Pipestone (n.) A kind of clay slate, carved by the Indians into tobacco pipes. Cf. Catlinite..
Plagueful :: Plagueful (a.) Abounding, or infecting, with plagues; pestilential; as, plagueful exhalations..
Pestled :: Pestled (imp. & p. p.) of Pestl.
Tripestone :: Tripestone (n.) A variety of anhydrite composed of contorted plates fancied to resemble pieces of tripe.
Muller :: Muller (n.) A stone or thick lump of glass, or kind of pestle, flat at the bottom, used for grinding pigments or drugs, etc., upon a slab of similar material..
Pestalozzian :: Pestalozzian (n.) An advocate or follower of the system of Pestalozzi.
Decimation :: Decimation (n.) The destruction of any large proportion, as of people by pestilence or war..
Mushroom :: Mushroom (n.) An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn..
Depth :: Depth (n.) That which is deep; a deep, or the deepest, part or place; the deep; the middle part; as, the depth of night, or of winter..
Rugged :: Rugged (n.) Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude.
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